Tuesday, October 19, 2004
I don't get it
Roger over at nanothoughts and Allen at mackenab.com both approvingly link to this NYT piece that pupports to show that the Bush white house is plagued by the "easy certainty" that comes from his faith that prevents Bush from seeing reality and thus adjusting to it.
What I don't get is how this jives with last month's criticism that Bush is the bigger flip flopper. If he's so cocksure (Need some wood?) and unwilling to change his mind, then how did the democrats compile such a nice list of major instances where Bush did change his mind?
For instance see this "Bush the flip-flopper" page or this CBS (I count them in the Dem camp just like the NYT) of Bush's flip flops or Daily Kos's list of Bush flip flops. (Technically they're all flips, rather than flip-flops, but who's counting?)
My message to the Dem bloggers out there. Go pick a logically consistent critique of Bush and stick to it. There's a little less than two weeks left - you can do it. Otherwise, I'm just going to assume you're flailing about hoping something sticks.
Update
Link to NYT piece added. D'oh.
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What I don't get is how this jives with last month's criticism that Bush is the bigger flip flopper. If he's so cocksure (Need some wood?) and unwilling to change his mind, then how did the democrats compile such a nice list of major instances where Bush did change his mind?
For instance see this "Bush the flip-flopper" page or this CBS (I count them in the Dem camp just like the NYT) of Bush's flip flops or Daily Kos's list of Bush flip flops. (Technically they're all flips, rather than flip-flops, but who's counting?)
My message to the Dem bloggers out there. Go pick a logically consistent critique of Bush and stick to it. There's a little less than two weeks left - you can do it. Otherwise, I'm just going to assume you're flailing about hoping something sticks.
Update
Link to NYT piece added. D'oh.
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